#col

The final outcome cannot be known, either to the originator of a new theory, or to his colleagues and critics, who are bent on falsifying it. Thus, the scientific innovator may feel all the more lonely and uncertain. ↗

— Peter D. Mitchell

#cannot #colleagues #critics #either #feel

I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear if it's warm or cold. It's great. That was the start. ↗

— Issey Miyake

#care #cold #cotton #easy #fabrics

Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment. ↗

— Claude Monet

#joy #obsession #torment

I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money. ↗

— Thelonious Monk

#counting #go #i #money #stupid

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#cold #curl #night #up #wonderful

The only way to maximize group creativity—to make the whole more than the sum of its parts—is to encourage a candid discussion of mistakes. In part, this is because the acceptance of error reduces cost. When you believe your flaws will be quickly corrected by the group, you're less worried about perfecting your contribution, which leads to a more candid conversation. We can only get it right when we talk about what we got wrong. ↗

— Jonah Lehrer

#creativity #groups #mistakes #right-and-wrong #imagination

By obtaining a sense of its place in the unfolding drama of life, set in an ecological theatre, so we can understand why it has become one of the leading players. ↗

— Simon Conway Morris

#drama #ecological #leading #life #obtaining

Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in college were considered acceptable candidates for the vacant seats. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#being #candidates #college #columbia #considered

I probably didn't put forth the effort I should have put forth, didn't realize the value of education until I went to college. ↗

— Jamie Moyer

#education #effort #forth #i #probably

Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

#colonial #domestically #enough #helpless #history